Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha Says He Will Choose Cabinet in September

BANGKOK—Thailand's coup leader, Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, was officially appointed the country's 29th prime minister Monday, saying that he would appoint members of his new cabinet in September.

Dressed in a ceremonial white uniform with gold-colored braid and accompanied by his wife, key bureaucrats and junta members, Gen. Prayuth Monday received the royal command to become premier—a customary point of protocol here—at the army's...